2016 Aussie Millions

Event #11: $10,600 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2016 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
1,600,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
7,320,000 AUD
Entries
732
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

Drinan's Last-Longer Bet Against Urbanovich

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Connor Drinan
Connor Drinan

"Dzmitry and I have a bet," piped up Connor Drinan, referring to Dzmitry Urbanovich. "And I think it should be written about."

As Drinan explained, he has a last-longer bet with Urbanovich. The price is $10,000, according to Drinan, and when we were informed of the bet it was Drinan in the lead with 58,000 in chips to Urbanovich's 32,000.

"We bet $10,000," Drinan said. "We swapped five for the tournament, then did the last-longer bet. I mean, he's Polish, but I'm Polish, too... I'm super Polish!"

Player Chips Progress
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
WSOP 1X Winner
58,000 8,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
EPT 1X Winner
32,000 -4,000

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Drinan Says He'll Show

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

From under the gun, Connor Drinan raised to 1,200. Play began to fold around the table, and with each fold Drinan realized he might not be getting any action.

"I'll show! I'll show! I'll show!" he began saying.

Everyone at his table folded, and Drinan responded by showing the {K-Diamonds} from his hand.

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Drinan "Had the Third Best Hand"

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Connor Drinan opened to four times the big blind (2,000) from early position and was called in two spots, the player in the hijack seat and the player in the big blind. The {J-Hearts}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop, the {2-Hearts} turn, and the {J-Clubs} river were checked around by all three players, and the player in the hijack seat showed the {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. The player in the big blind showed the {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, and Drinan responded by mucking his hand and making some comments.

"Easy check, easy check!" Drinan said, who has had a few glasses of wine tonight. "I couldn't beat tens... Hey, guess what? I had the third best hand."

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Volkoff Doubles

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

After an opponent raised to 1,800 from the hijack seat, Tamara Volkoff reraised all in from the small blind to 15,325. Her opponent tanked for a little bit, then said, "I've seen you do this with a lot worse. Anyone else, I probably fold."

Volkoff, who has been playing fairly snug for most of the day, got a nice laugh out of her opponent's comments. The player eventually made the call with the {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}, but that was dominated by the {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} for Volkoff.

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}, and Volkoff doubled up.

"I have not shoved with a bad hand at all," said Volkoff with a laugh as she collected the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Tamara Volkoff au
Tamara Volkoff
32,000 16,000

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Rich Adds a Little to Her Stack

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Angelina Rich, the better half of Alex Lynskey and the first-ever female champion of the Mid-States Poker Tour, raised to 1,000 from the hijack and the player in the big blind opted to defend.

Both players checked the {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{7-Spades} flop and then the big blind check-called a bet of 1,300 on the {6-Hearts} turn. When the {3-Spades} completed the board on the river, both players returned to checking and the big blind showed the {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for a pair of sixes. It was no good though as Rich held the {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for a pair of jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Angelina Rich au
Angelina Rich
13,500 3,500

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Peters Gets Lucky to Eliminate Foe

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

David Peters raised to 1,200 from the button and was met by a three-bet to 3,850 from an opponent in the blinds. Peters, who had a stack of around 35,000, thought for a bit before moving all in and his opponent snap-called off for 20,000.

Peters: {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
Opponent: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}

Peters was in a bad spot and primed to lose most of his stack. That's when lady luck smiled on him and delivered a set on the {5-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} flop. Neither the {2-Spades} turn nor {4-Spades} river helped the at-risk player, and Peters was pushed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
55,000 20,000

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